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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/travel Most Viewed - Travel en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:36:58 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/travel http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly ap_travel/20100209/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:29:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.d9d5be94c47145278c75d055079fdc57.italy_mcitaly_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=TKFW4Hi3QP_fQDgc7C1X8A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia, center, holds up a burger in a McDonalds restaurant in central Rome, on Jan. 26, 2010. Italy's Agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he was selling out to multinationals and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Agriculture Ministry press office, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY" border="0" /></a>AP - Italy's agriculture minister defended his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger Monday amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.d9d5be94c47145278c75d055079fdc57.italy_mcitaly_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=TKFW4Hi3QP_fQDgc7C1X8A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia, center, holds up a burger in a McDonalds restaurant in central Rome, on Jan. 26, 2010. Italy's Agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he was selling out to multinationals and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Agriculture Ministry press office, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:34:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.629356ee390d4426ae7989a3e2aa19f0.earns_southwest_flco202.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=Nn5HiJqWUKSJs8Kgc60Ojg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 lands Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the fourth quarter and extended its string of annual profits to 37 years.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Southwest Airlines Co. is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.629356ee390d4426ae7989a3e2aa19f0.earns_southwest_flco202.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=Nn5HiJqWUKSJs8Kgc60Ojg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 lands Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the fourth quarter and extended its string of annual profits to 37 years.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:28:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100118/capt.0fcec07014f34d9997cd07aeef114bb0.american_checked_bag_fee_nybz122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3HIKTjkTNC53XG4x39.ADg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 14, 2008 file photo, a woman waits in line with luggage to check in for an American Airlines flight at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. American Airlines on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 said it is raising its fees on checked bags for passengers buying tickets starting Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Brian McDermott, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - If you want a pillow and blanket in coach on American Airlines, it's going to cost you.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100118/capt.0fcec07014f34d9997cd07aeef114bb0.american_checked_bag_fee_nybz122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3HIKTjkTNC53XG4x39.ADg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 14, 2008 file photo, a woman waits in line with luggage to check in for an American Airlines flight at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. American Airlines on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 said it is raising its fees on checked bags for passengers buying tickets starting Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Brian McDermott, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_boeing_freighter ap_travel/20100208/us_travel_brief_boeing_freighter AP travel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:52:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_boeing_freighter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.ac26ab860571426aa746738320b608f7.boeing_freighter_watw102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=j.Mm8KVpqqnNB7SSItHAoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Boeing 747-8 Freighter makes its first flight, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter &mdash; the biggest plane the company has ever built &mdash; took off on its first flight Monday, a year later than originally planned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_boeing_freighter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.ac26ab860571426aa746738320b608f7.boeing_freighter_watw102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=j.Mm8KVpqqnNB7SSItHAoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Boeing 747-8 Freighter makes its first flight, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:26:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r533337702.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=ZcZyFwmXdYg2_iLOFEdyPg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="British Airways aircraft are parked at Heathrow Airport in west London February 5, 2010. British Airways posted a surprise third-quarter operating profit, helped by heavy cost cutting, but said it was still in a worse position than last year, despite attempts to adapt to the realities of global recession. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>AP - OpenSkies, British Airways' all-business class airline, said Tuesday it is launching a new route between Washington D.C. and Paris.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r533337702.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=ZcZyFwmXdYg2_iLOFEdyPg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="British Airways aircraft are parked at Heathrow Airport in west London February 5, 2010. British Airways posted a surprise third-quarter operating profit, helped by heavy cost cutting, but said it was still in a worse position than last year, despite attempts to adapt to the realities of global recession. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtr/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_osi_systems_body_scanners ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_osi_systems_body_scanners AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:36:58 GMT AP - OSI Systems Inc. said Tuesday that two U.K. airports &mdash; Heathrow and Manchester International &mdash; have installed its advanced body scanners.